The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-21

"When Guido Ventura came to Paris
he had with him young woman
known as Miss Arabella. She was a
splendid creature oeabout 20, with the
face OF O. goddess and the body OF a
statue. Anyone could observe and
admire that figure OF hers at the even.
ing performances in the Alcazar,
where she appeared in close.fittina
pages -pearl-eray tights
showing the fine contour oil
limbs both vigorous and
graceful, and extremities OF charming
delicacy-and adoublet OF black velvet
combining the opulence OF torso
strong, supple and full OF splendid
curves. When you saw her with her
head proudly thrown back the face
would have made you think OF Diana
the Huntress.
"To tell the truth she had no end OF
admirers, and in less than a week it
had become the fashion to 90 and see
this wonderful Arabella, who assisted
the celebrated marksman, Guido Ven.
tura, in his ambitions. She looked
simply exquisite in her picturesque
costume, which brought out her robust
and elegant beauty to the best posi-
Bile advantage, when she would stand
with arms folded, right in the glare OF
the footllghts, with perfectly impas.
sive face in front OF Guido Ventura
sometimes holding card in her hand
for him to cut with u pistol ball; some.
times holding pipe in her mouth, oil
which he would break the stem just
two inches beyond her lips;-some.
times placing nutshell on her head
for him to shatter with unfailing aim.
zone moments trembling OF the
marksman' hand, and it would have
been all up with the splendid girl.
But the hand of Guido Ventura never
trembled.
"What relation did the wonderful
beauty bear to him? Was she his
wife? 1t was probable, but not GER
tain. The question was not consider
ed Of much Importance, because the
couple had come from country where
n marriage may be celebrated in one
state and Dissolved in another. What
was certain was that Guido Ventura
worsbiped that woman as one wor.
ships an idol. To be certain OF it, it
was only necessary once to see the
way his eyes would flash If some too
gallant gentleman in the foyer made
him elf a little too familiar with the
beauty. Jealous? Certainly he was
Jealous, and you know the Othellos OF
the new world are not apt to be pa
tient about certain matters.
"The man Tust have suffered afro.
ciously; for his companion was as CO.
quettish as she was pretty, and she
seemed to find fun in eXasperating his
jealousy. Sometimes, ii the notion
took her, she would firt with q man
that she had never seen before, show
ing the tact and seli-possession pecu.
liar to Amerisan girls in tantalizing as
well as fascinating. Very little she
seemed to care about what she made
the unfortunate man suffer through
pranks OF this sort. One day the
manager OF tho Alcazar himself stop
ped her behind tho scenes as she LETT n
group OF young swede. with whom she
had been laughing and TESTING;
"See hepe, my little woman hs
whispered kindly, you had better take
care what you are doing. That man
holds your life every evening at the
end of his arm
"Arabella only laughted.
"'He kill mes' she answered, tossing
her head. STUFF he thinks too much
OF me to give me a scratch
"And every evening she posed calm
" before the musEie OF n pistol, her
velvet gaze quelling the anger OF her
lover, as the eye OF lion tanner mas
tiers beast.
zone evening, about n week after
the names OF Guido Ventura and Ar
abella had first appeared in great letters
upon the advertising posters OF the
Alcazar, fine looking gentleman en-
tered the foyer, walked directly to
where the young woman was sitting,
who uttered little cry OF surprise,
and taking her hand lifted it to
his lips. Guido Ventura who was
talking to the manager, turned, looked,
and became very pale. The man
who had Just come in was a
rich American, whose persistent de-
votion to Miss Arabella had made
some ensation in New York. 1t had
been especially on his account that
Guido Ventura had made his Paris
ian engagement, and suddenly left
America. So this man had had the
audacity to follow theml He could
not have come to Paris except for the
woman's sake y Guido Ventura had
a terrible scene with his companion in
her dressing room that evening.
"But much more terrible scene
took place eight days after. For the
whole week the newly arrived Ameri-